distribution_surface_scan

What distribution_surface_scan does on Nodebench

AI agents call distribution_surface_scan to retrieve information from Nodebench without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why distribution_surface_scan is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only assessment or query of distribution surface readiness status. The verb 'scan' in this context means to examine or check current state, and there is no indication of side effects, modifications, creation, deletion, or execution of external operations. The tool simply returns information about the current state of distribution surfaces.

From the tool's definition The tool name includes 'scan' and the description states 'which distribution surfaces are actually ready right now', indicating a query or status check operation that retrieves information about the state of distribution surfaces without modifying them.

The rule that runs distribution_surface_scan safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Nodebench, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For distribution_surface_scan, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "distribution_surface_scan": {}
  }
}

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